Jason Phillips

— Of all the preseason games, Thursday night's contest between the Philadelphia Eagles and visiting Pittsburgh Steelers will offer the most revealing glimpse of the regular season. But that's only because the projected starters from both teams will play a majority of the snaps.

What the Eagles plan to unleash on the Jacksonville Jaguars in their season opener and all other opponents, we won't see until it happens.

So the primary objectives remain for the hosts: getting quality work in, sharpening timing and tackling, testing speed and ability and, most importantly, coming out the other end intact.

The Eagles cannot afford to have names added to an injury list that has...

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